Some time I ago I wrote a journal entry on the bad journalism of Global News over a report on the disappearance of Cecilia Zhang – and included a copy of the email I sent to the station.

This time, I noticed a discrepency in a report on Global National with Kevin Newman:

Subject:

Mis-reporting events.

Message:

On your 6:30 pm Global National broadcast for Tuesday, December 23rd, Kevin Newman reported that small amounts of marijuana remain illegal. However, the news story made it sound as if it was Paul Martin who was reponsible for this decision. In reality, it was a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that brought this about – and it had nothing to do (overtly anyway) with Paul Martin’s cabinet specifically.

I object to the reporting of this newscast as it associated the decision with Paul Martin, making it appear as if it was him and his cabinet that was responsible, as opposed to the non-partisan court system.

(It was only when I checked your online news Web site, which reported it accurately, that I realised the actual source of the ruling.)